Objectives of the Study Research Questions

Vina Agustiana, 2015 COMBINING PRODUCT AND PROCESS BASED APPROACHES TO TEACHING WRITING DISCUSSION TEXTS Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia | repository.upi.edu | perpustakaan.upi.edu conducted to explore the implementation of product and process based approach combination to teaching writing in Indonesian context at undergraduates level.

1.2 Objectives of the Study

This study is designed to explore the implementation of product and process based approach combination in EFL writing classroom. Thus, it has three objectives. The first is to describe the teaching-learning writing activities when the product and process based approach combination is implemented in EFL writing classroom. The second is to investigate the effects of applying product and process based approach combination on EFL students’ writing skill. The third is to describe the students’ attitude toward the implementation of product and process based approach combination in EFL writing classroom.

1.3 Research Questions

In order to achieve the objectives, this study attempts to answer the following questions: 1. How do the teaching-learning writing activities proceed when the product and process based approach combination is implemented in EFL writing classroom? 2. Does the use of product and process based approach combination in EFL writing classroom affect the students’ writing skill? 3. What are the students’ attitudes toward the implementation of the product and process based approach combination in EFL writing classroom? 1.4 Hypotheses In this study, there is the probability that the product and process based approach combination in EFL writing classroom affects or does not affect t he students’ writing skill. According to Hatch and Farhady 1982: 85, hypothesis means a tentative statement about the outcome of the research. Commonly, the most common hypothesis used is null hypothesis that states an exact opposite of what the research expects. Therefore, in this research, the hypotheses are Vina Agustiana, 2015 COMBINING PRODUCT AND PROCESS BASED APPROACHES TO TEACHING WRITING DISCUSSION TEXTS Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia | repository.upi.edu | perpustakaan.upi.edu  H o : The product and process based approach combination does not affect the students’ writing skill.  H 1 : The product and process based approach combination affects the students’ writing skill.

1.5 Significance of the Study